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This The House Un-American Activities Committee lesson plan also includes:
- The House Un-American Activities Committee
- Anticommunism in Postwar America: Interactive Timeline of the early Cold War years
- nticommunism in Postwar America, 1945–1954: Witch Hunt or Red Menace?
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Was the House Un-American Activities Committee justified in investigating subversive influences in the entertainment industry? Part two of the three-part series of lessons that examine the anti-communism movement after World War II, focuses on the HUAC investigation of the entertainment industry and the Hiss-Chambers Hearings.
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- Preliminary activities are included for those unfamiliar with reading primary sources
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- The three lessons are designed to be used in order and to build on one another
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- The detailed plan includes worksheets, group activities, and discussion questions
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